Post by sherlew99 on Mar 23, 2014 12:26:24 GMT -6
Private Space Taxis on Track for 2017 Launch, NASA Says
Space.com
By Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor
March 22, 2014 8:04 AM
The United States should be able to launch its astronauts to space using homegrown commercial spacecraft by 2017, NASA officials say.
The four private companies NASA is counting on to develop manned spaceships — Boeing, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and SpaceX — are notching the many milestones set by the space agency's commercial crew program (CCP), officials said.
Space.com
By Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor
March 22, 2014 8:04 AM
The United States should be able to launch its astronauts to space using homegrown commercial spacecraft by 2017, NASA officials say.
The four private companies NASA is counting on to develop manned spaceships — Boeing, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and SpaceX — are notching the many milestones set by the space agency's commercial crew program (CCP), officials said.
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